msaldrichscience - 2010 Final Study Guide

Study Guide for 2010 Final

If you can answer these questions, you will do well on the test!

I. Bedrock Geology
A. Activity 1
	1. How sedimentary rock is formed (FIB; U11)
B. Activity 2
	1. How igneous rock is formed (FIB; U17)
C. Activity 3
	1. How metamorphic rock is formed (FIB: U27)
D. Activity 5
	1. Recognize a strike-slip fault (MC; U44-45)
E. Activity 6
	1. Identify age of rock units using Principle of Superposition (MC; U53)
	2. Identify age of rock units using Principle of Crosscutting Relationships (MC; U54)
F. Explain why the rock cycle is a "cycle" (CR)

II. Volcanoes
A. Activity 1
	1. Mechanism that formed the Hawaiian Islands (MC; G11)
B. Activity 2
	1. Factors that influence viscosity of lava (MC; G18-19)
C. Activity 3
	1. Factors that influence viscosity of lava (MC; G26)
D. Activity 4
	1. Volcanic hazard that travels the greatest distance (MC; G34)

III. Plate Tectonics
A. Activity 2
	1. Type of plate boundary between South America and Africa (CR; G78)
	i. geologic features present at this boundary (CR; G78-79)
	ii. what will happen to size of Atlantic Ocean (CR; G79)
	2. Type of plate boundary on east coast of South America (MC; G80)
	3. Type of movement at transform plate boundaries (MC; G82)
B. Activity 3
	1. State of matter of outer core (CR; G90)
	2. Understand how convection affects plate movements (MC; G92)
C. Activity 5
	1. Wegener's evidence for continental drift (MC; G114)

IV. Earthquakes
A. Activity 1
	1. How scientists use seismic waves to map Earth's interior (CR; G128)
	2. Most damaging seismic waves (MC; G129)
B. Activity 4
	1. Where earthquakes are likely to occur globally (MC; G148--map)

V. Water Resources
A. Activity 1
	1. Step of the water cycle most affects surface water (MC; R152)
B. Activity 2
	2. Why streams can continue to flow if they have not received rain (MC; R164)

VI. Energy Resources
A. Energy 2
	1. Understand geothermal energy (MC; R20)
	2. How a hydroelectric plant would affect the environment (MC; R22)
B. Energy 5
	1. Relationship between human- and naturally-caused increases of CO2 emissions (MC; R47--map)
	2. The two gases that have increased global warming
	3. Source of pollution that causes acid rain (MC; R48-49)

VII. Astronomy
A. Activity 1
	1. Understand how distance of a star affects what we actually see (MC; E7)
B. Activity 2
	1. Recognize positions of Earth, moon and sun to cause spring tide (MC; E21)
C. Activity 3
	1. Space objects with the most elliptical orbits (MC; E31)
D. Activity 5
	1. Electromagnetic waves that cause sunburn and skin cancer (MC; E53)
	2. How solar flares affect Earth (MC; E54)
E. Activity 6
	1. Determine color of star according to its temperature (CR; E66)
F. Activity 7
	1. Be able to plot stars on HR diagram using luminosity and temperature (CR; E71--Inv. B)
	i. label type of star after plotting (CR; E71--Inv. B)
	ii. Sequence stars from youngest to oldest (CR; E76-77)
	2. Know phases in life cycle of sun (MC; E76-77)

VIII. Oceans
A. Activity 2
	1. Factors that affect ocean salinity (MC; F17)
B. Activity 3
	1. Recognize cold surface currents (CR; F26--map)
	2. How Peru Current affects east coast of South America (CR; F35--U&A 1)
C. Activity 4
	1. How El Niño affects ocean temperatures and weather on land (MC; F43-44)
D. Activity 5
	1. How climate is different from weather (MC; F52)

IX. Severe Weather
A. Activity 1
	1. Recognize frontal wedging (MC; F70)
	2. Sequence steps in thunderstorm formation (CR; F73)
B. Activity 2
	1. Layers of Earth's atmosphere (MC; F84)
C. Activity 4
	1. Thunderstorm hazards
D. Activity 5
	1. Thunderstorm hazards
	a. hazard that causes highest number of fatalities (CR; F109)
E. Activity 6
	1. Thunderstorm hazards